YAHWEH Is the Never-Failing Spring of Living Water

 “For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jeremiah prophesied to call back Israel from Israel to worship the true and living God.  “My people are guilty of a double sin: they have abandoned Me, the Spring of Living Water, and they have dug for themselves cisterns — cracked cisterns that hold no water.”  The pleasure of God is to be the Source of Living Water within our innermost being.  Jesus said, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, Whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. He longs to satisfy His chosen ones for their enjoyment.  He wants to dispense Himself into every part of our being until we are saturated and become His expression on earth.  To turn away from our Fountain to another source will take us to a dead end, and God calls it “sin”.  The true Spring of Living Water never fails us and is available for us to drink of Him and find restoration.  False gods and sources are impotent and as useless as cracked cisterns.  Living Waters flow from the Throne of God whereas broken cisterns hold the waters of the world and are hewn by human hands.  YAHWEH is the never-failing Spring of Living Water, let’s drink of Him.  Amen!

Maturing in our Faith in Christ

 “We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, And in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭KJV

Paul’s revelation, “Now, since we are God’s coworkers, we beg you not to take God’s marvelous grace for granted, allowing it to have no effect on your lives. For He says, I listened to you at the time of My favor. And the day when you needed salvation, I came to your aid. So can’t you see? Now is the time to respond to His favor! Now is the day of salvation!”  As Paul points out, how can we be in that category of people, who received God grace in vain, that Christ’s shed Blood and sacrifice made no difference to us? Isaiah had prophesied and Paul remembered it here, “YAHWEH says: “When the time of showing you favor has come, I will answer your heart’s cry. I will help you in the day of salvation, for I have fixed My eyes on you…”  Let’s mature in our faith, in our personal relationship with our Lord Jesus. For by grace we have been saved by faith. Nothing we did could ever earn this salvation, for it was the love gift from God that brought us to Christ, it is His finished work on the Cross.  Faith is our part now, so we can co-labour effectively with Him as the Holy Spirit leads us, for we are accepted in the Beloved as the Father’s sons and daughters.  If we’re not doing that, we are in that sad position of receiving the grace of God in vain.  Amen!

The Power of Speaking God’s Word from Our Mouth by Faith

 “Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.”

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jeremiah’s vision, “Then YAHWEH reached out with His hand and touched my mouth and said to me: “Now I have put My words in your mouth.”  One of the seraphim touched Isaiah’s mouth with a burning coal taken from the altar but here Yahweh Himself touched Jeremiah’s mouth.  With Isaiah it is a sign of the purification of his lips from sin; here it is God’s impartation of both revelation and authority to Jeremiah to speak the message God gave him to speak.  God promised Jeremiah that He put all His words in Jeremiah’s mouth that he will ever need.  Today, because of the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus and the blessings we have all received, God still can put His words in the mouths of His true prophets.  As Peter said, “As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

God Sees Believers as Righteous as Christ, His Son

 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭10‬, ‭21‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Paul’s revelation, “For one day we will all be openly revealed before Christ on His throne so that each of us will be duly recompensed for our actions done in life, whether good or worthless. For God made the only One Who did not know sin to become sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God through our union with Him.”  The greatest revelation from Paul for believers is that the judgment of our sins fell upon Christ on the Cross, and the believer will never be judged for his or her sins.  This wonderful divine exchange took place at the Cross - all our sins were left there, our guilt was removed and forever gone, and we walked away with all of God’s righteousness.  Every believer today possesses the complete and perfect righteousness of Christ.  We are seen by the Father to be as righteous as His Son.  The judgment mentioned for believers will be for different levels of rewards.  Some will receive no reward, yet they will be saved from the judgment of the wrath of God.  The glorious sacrifice of Christ for our righteousness gives us that joy and bliss, no one can give.  Let’s walk in the righteousness of God Himself, fulfilling what He has called us to do.  Amen!

Beholding Christ in All His Glory

 “For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭66‬:‭18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Isaiah prophesied, “I despise their evil works and their thoughts,” says YAHWEH. “The time is coming for me to gather people together from all over the world, and they will come and gaze on my radiance.”  The works, thoughts and imagination of fallen humanity can be compared to the “mark (character) of the beast” on the hands (works) and the foreheads (thoughts, mind-sets) of people. As John the beloved disciple saw of the beast and the fallen humanity, “It performed great miracle-signs, even publicly causing fire to fall out of heaven to the earth. And through these startling miracles that he performed on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the world, telling the people to erect a statue in the image of the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived. The beast from the earth was empowered to breathe life into the image of the first beast so that it could speak and kill those who refused to worship its image. It also caused everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and bound, to be marked on the right hand or on the forehead. This meant no one could buy or sell unless they had the mark; that is, the name of the beast or its number. This will require wisdom to understand: Let the one with insight interpret the number of the wild beast, for it is humanity’s number —666.”  We thank our God for Pentecost and the birth of the Church, the community of God’s chosen from every nation and tongue, whose focus is the risen Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords.  Let’s keep beholding at the radiance and glory of our Lord Jesus.  Amen!

The Glorious Treasure Within Believers in Christ

 “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Paul’s revelation, “For God, Who said, “Let brilliant Light shine out of darkness,” is the One Who has cascaded His Light into us—the brilliant dawning Light of the glorious knowledge of God as we gaze into the face of Jesus Christ.” Paul helps us understand that “light” is both literal and a metaphor for spiritual revelation, and shows that the creation narrative provides us with an allegory pointing to the experience of the new birth in Christ when we come in the face-to-face Presence of Christ.  That’s how Isaiah prophesied, “Those who walked in darkness have seen a radiant Light shining upon them. They once lived in the shadows of death, but now a glorious Light has dawned!”  We are like common clay jars that carry this glorious Treasure within, so that this immeasurable power will be seen as God’s, not ours.” Paul says that we are common clay jars, created from dust, yet we possess the brilliant light of God’s glory, Jesus Christ, and carry Him as Treasure in our being.  The outward vessel is not as important as the glorious Treasure within.  Let’s know our identity in Christ through our new birth, and know that God’s glory is in us.  Amen!

The Victoriously God of Peace Subdued All Things

 “The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭65‬:‭25‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Isaiah prophesied, “The wolf and the lamb will graze side by side, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and the serpent’s food will be dust. There will be neither violence nor murder on my entire holy mountain of Zion,” says YAHWEH.”  Isaiah prophesied how Christ subdued all things.  Man was made from dust.  The serpent feeds on whatever we withhold from God.  The devil’s dining room is the fallen human nature and the mind of the man who is not yielded to God.  Over time, the serpent feeds and grows into the great dragon.  This is what John, the beloved disciple, saw “So the great dragon was thrown down once and for all. He was the serpent, the ancient snake called the devil, and satan, who deceives the whole earth. He was cast down into the earth and his angels along with him.”  As Jesus told us,  “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”  Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart be the powerful Word of God.  Amen!

Believers Being Transformed Into Greater Glory

 “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Paul’s revelation, “We can all draw close to Him with the veil removed from our faces. And with no veil we all become like mirrors who brightly reflect the glory of the Lord Jesus. We are being transfigured into His very image as we move from one brighter level of glory to another. And this glorious transfiguration comes from the Lord, Who is the Spirit.” We are being transformed to reflect the glory of God through the renewing of the thoughts of our mind.  The source of our transformation is Christ’s glory and our destination is more glory!  This transforming glory is the result of gazing upon the beauty and splendour of Jesus Christ.  It is based on the triumph of Christ over every power of darkness and it diffuses the fragrant aroma of Christ everywhere.  This transforming glory never waters down the Word of God and produces living letters of Christ.  It is not based on the clever abilities of men but God’s empowering Presence in us, imparting Life flowing from the Holy Spirit.  Christ’s righteousness is continually imparted to us containing the greater glory than from the law, bringing the transfiguration of believers into greater levels of glory.  Hallelujah!

Enjoying our Personal Relationship with our Lord Jesus

 “For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭64‬:‭4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Isaiah prophesied, “These amazing things had never been heard of before; You did things never dreamed of! No one perceived Your greatness. No eye has ever seen a God like You, Who intervenes for those who wait and long for You!”  What Isaiah prophesied, John the beloved disciple saw and wrote, “We saw Him with our very own eyes. We gazed upon Him and heard Him speak. Our hands actually touched Him, the One Who was from the beginning, the Living Expression of God. This Life-Giver was made visible and we have seen Him. We testify to this truth: the eternal Life-Giver lived face-to-face with the Father and has now dawned upon us. So we proclaim to you what we have seen and heard about this Life-Giver so that we may share and enjoy this life together. For truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus, the Anointed One. We are writing these things to you because we want to release to you our fullness of joy.”  Our Lord and Master works on behalf of those who wait with trusting anticipation and longing for Him.  As Isaiah said earlier that those who wait upon the LORD renew their strength; they mount up with wings as eagles; they run, and are not weary; they walk, and do not faint.  Let’s be those who enjoy our personal relationship with the Lord.  Amen!

Presenting Ourselves Wholly to God through Christ

 “For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: to the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭2‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Paul’s revelation, “We have become the unmistakable aroma of the victory of the Anointed One to God —a perfume of life to those being saved and the odor of death to those who are perishing. The unbelievers smell a deadly stench that leads to death, but believers smell the life-giving aroma that leads to abundant life. And who of us can rise to this challenge?”  We are Christ’s sweet fragrance of sacrifice that ascends to God, which is ready to be offered.  Whatever challenges we face, God empowers us to overcome by His Holy Spirit, because He empowers everyone He calls.  To all in the Church who have understood that Jesus was sacrificed on the Cross  for every sin we have committed, then we willingly sacrifice ourselves.  When unbelievers question that God knows everything and is everywhere and why should He judge me with this bad thing to me when I never did anything wrong?  We answer that my God took the judgment of all our sins on the Cross and in return blessed me so much!  Our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies is to surrender ourselves to God to be His sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights His heart. For this becomes our genuine expression of worship.  Amen!